Anyone ever go through a phase where you just couldn't work a muscle group?

[chillin408]

because that's what I'm going through with chest. It started 2 months ago. All of sudden a lot of strength and after doing one or two sets, I just can't lift anymore because everything feels heavy? What is this??

 

[Deadz]

How long have you been training with your current split? And how is your diet?

When I had been cutting for a while (calories) I noticed this exact thing.
Also when I first started back I could train my triceps 3 days before chest - but not after a couple of months. I had to incorporate my triceps with my chest.

HTH

 

[chillin408]

I've been doing the same split for a few months. I tried different chest movements in my workout this week, but I still couldn't lift much or for very long. And, I took 3 weeks off prior to this workout...it didn't help any whatsoever.

My diet has been the same for the last 4-5 months. I want to believe that it has nothing to do with it because my other workouts are fine, only chest is the problem. I did cut and experienced loss of strength because of it, but this seems to be different from the expected loss of strength. For example, after maybe 2 sets, each with a goal to do 40 reps of push-ups (which were easier to do before cutting), I would only be able to do about 10 reps any subsequent set, and the second set probably only 20-25.

It's not because of triceps because I work them the day after my chest day. I do shoulders two days before chest and this never was problematic. I've been doing pretty much the same movements for shoulders so I don't think that's the problem either.

 

[Deadz]

What are your chest work outs like? Exercise/Sets/Reps?
If you took off 3 weeks and then came back to different exercises I can see why you aren't pushing much - but I'm not sure why you can't lift as long.

How often do you hit chest?

Were you taking any thermajetics, or creatine that you aren't now?

 

[chillin408]

I don't take anything and nothing in my diet is different from before this problem onset.

I was experiencing the same problem before I took the 3 weeks off. I thought taking the time off would help by refreshing my chest, but it didn't.

I hit chest once a week. Incline bench(12,10,8),flat bench(12,10,8), Incline D.B(12,10),decline hammer(12,12,10), sometimes I'll do flys. The reps are in parenthesis after the exercise and that is what I did before this problem, now that is just my goal, but I usually end up only being able to meet that goal for the first sets of each exercise.